Everything that happens from episode 30 onward is completely unnecessary. The highlights of this series were Hou…
the last 6 episodes were there to contrast the rong family’s female dominated world and show a broken patriarchal society where even male and females are all suffocated by the system. it also gives that anti-cinderella ending where the hero (because it’s reversed) despite being “helped” by the heroine, does not “save” him by bringing him home but gives him the free will to choose her. the acting in the last 6 episodes were great because they were all veteran actors. the over the top acting was only because LJL got drugged; makes the emotions more intense, giving it more like a truth serum effect.
Likely the problem is that we are overdosing on HMH! I will wait a while to watch GLORY. I have found that when…
hahaha i understand you, but i didn’t have that problem! i watched them both simultaneously. and i saw a lot of netizens also posted that they did not get the characters mixed up at all! HMH is such a great actor, the demeanor, personality, cinematography and the styling of the characters are really different.
Oh I love Neo so much but I'm struggling to go past the fifth episode. I know I'm not over Glory yet but everyone…
his highlights are in the later episodes. don’t give up. I fast forwarded the second lead’s story. during the time HMH disappears, he appears as xiaoyezi the leaf (he dubs him) it’s quite entertaining and the story is deep and makes you ponder about the human condition. the pace picks up around ep 25.
Don't just blindly trust the bad reviews and judge for yourself. This drama is something that can only be judged once they get to the end. Some people may get bored because they don't understand the long journey, but once you reach the end, everything makes sense and clicks into place, and it makes you want to go back and rewatch it. Plus it has great acting and comedic moments, so it won't be boring. It starts getting meaty around episode 25. But you won't be able to appreciate the second half without the beginning either! This series is like a food for the soul, makes you ponder about the human condition and moral values. Also because it being 3 lives we can also see and analyse what the same people who had different circumstances & spiritual journey would do. For those people who disagree with the ending, I feel like it's just nature taking its course. I agree that even I wanted a different deus ex machina occurrence but this ending makes the lesson that we can learn from this more hard-hitting and like the song in episode 38, "beautiful".
I really like this post by the HMH Global Fan Club accountI think liking HMH comes with benefits, where we become…
📣Dear fans🥝, this is a business support initiative tip📣Recently, as Hou Minghao's business collaborations have been officially announced one after another, each brand has launched several collectible business sets. We've also seen different voices and discussions surrounding the product content, price, and sets.
Here, we'd like to help you focus on the key points: 1️⃣ Hou Minghao is currently in a very clear period of career advancement and business boom. This is recognition from the industry for his years of hard work, and it's a window of opportunity that an actor, singer, and artist must seize at this crucial stage. 2️⃣ The intensive collaborations and different levels of business exposure mean that the market is evaluating him, recording him, and deciding whether to continue choosing him.
👉🏻 Regardless of whether you purchase, choose which set, or participate to what extent, it is ultimately a free choice made by fans based on their personal needs and capabilities. 👉🏻 Some people offer their full support, while others act within their means. Both approaches should be understood and respected.
Therefore, we hope everyone can make rational assessments and careful considerations, maintaining warmth in discussions and rationality in choices. Let discussions return to facts and information, let expressions be measured and respectful, and let liking remain dignified, gentle, and powerful.
This is not only respect for our partners but also protection for those we love. May Kiwifruit always be Xiao Hou's best support, and let's walk side by side. Let's encourage each other!
Simple plot to follow with good acting from the main couple. Having seen Hou in ‘back from the brink ‘ and…
i think he melted her. we never see her smile that much in front of other people. and she worries about him a lot. just that i think she didn’t want to force him to come with her, she wanted him to “choose” her with his free will.
OOC? Why blame Lu Jiang for bravely fighting for what he wants? I don't think Lu Jianglai's character collapsed after the Yu Ming Cha arc! The Guogong Fu arc is practically as epic as Consort Xi returning to the palace! It masterfully reveals the protagonist's core personality. To put it bluntly: Lu Jianglai actually craves the stability of a family life. All his scheming, fighting, and 'green tea' behavior stem from this very reason.
After losing his mentor, Lu Jianglai was left with emotional trauma. Having lost his mother and adoptive father from a young age, he cherishes his older brother and nephew dearly. His outburst with Rong Shanbao was born from the panic of fearing his beloved would leave him after discovering his own brother was trying to harm him (the poisoning also amplified this psychological wound).
Lu Jianglai's pride is built on a sense of achievement, but it's unfortunately founded on the unstable bedrock of "no one loves me." This makes it inherently precarious and easily destroyed by things he craves but can't have, like family ties. With that bond severed, he resolutely turns to Rong Shanbao, returning to be a local official, because love and career bring him the inner stability he desires.
Internally, he is starved for love and self-pitying, yet externally, he is poised and in control. This isn't a sudden shift in his character; it's the medal of honor for a wounded child who has finally found a way to heal himself. Fortunately, Lu Jianglai grew into a strong man. He experienced true kindness from his adoptive father and pure support from his mentor, which is why he didn't become as narrow and selfish as the Guogong.
Some say the Guogong Fu arc had the protagonist suddenly dumbed down just to empower the female lead, but I disagree. What he received from Rong Shanbao was the kind of special, exceptional affection he had never gotten before. And this affection was given even after he repeatedly tested her with schemes, tantrums, and being fickle. His attempts to provoke her with fights, desperate pleas, and playing the victim were completely accepted by her. In this process, he gained a profound sense of security, which in turn bolstered his pride.
The choice to become a champion of justice is Lu Jianglai's free will, and so is his choice of Rong Shanbao. This is precisely what I want to defend: from beginning to end, this drama is about the exercise of individual free will under external pressure—and this applies to every single character!
Rong Shanbao's choice to shoulder her family's responsibilities was not made reluctantly; she was always an ambitious person. When she told Rong Si about her hardships growing up, she was only acknowledging that past, not devaluing her family. Rong Er's choice of her husband was also her own. Rong Wu's choice to become the "black lotus" and return to her clan was hers as well. Even the supporting characters made their own choices: Jun Dai chose to follow a new master for his livelihood, and the butler, oh sorry, Manager Cheng, chose to bury his own feelings.
Lu Jianglai chose what he subjectively desired and yearned for, not what he objectively deemed the more sensible or worthwhile option.
Lu Jianglai, with all his scheming and insecurities, his feelings for Rong Shanbao were never about the fear of losing her, but the desire to have a stable familial tie with her. I find it incredibly brave for someone who fights so hard to finally achieve their heart's desire.
this is well written but it’s not really a love pentagon coz the other three are not reciprocated hahaha. xy has always been that magnetic character where people just flock to her. i agree it deserves more love. it’s not a typical popcorn series but it’s a food for the soul that makes you ponder about the human condition and our moral choices. I’m rewatching multiple times already
I'm over the moon, Glory's CVB ratings are taking off. This is why if some of y'all new 🥝s wonder why he don't…
the ratings and everything made yuzheng happy but are they really going to make a sequel? did he make an unrealistic target or is it achievable? not sure if the translation was off but i think he commented under HMH’s farewell post wishing him to be more influential in the future.
this is good but the ML has become an entirely different person. he shares no qualities with the male lead from…
the basic character is the same. but he had amnesia in the first 13 episodes. he definitely retained his cunning, smart, unyielding persona. the first 13 eps fusheng still wanted to rise through the ranks to get a better life. LJL had a hard childhood, raised by a loving family but suffered from society judging his adoptive father’s status as a servant. then he was taken in by the Luo family but received constant mocking and beating by the Luo’s grandson. he still managed to become a top scholar and rise through the officialdom and became the emperor’s favorite. he suffered a lot of hate and jealousy from his peers but he still wanted to clean the office from corrupted officials, resorting to extreme means and constantly getting himself into danger. it’s not that his character is different, it’s just that the emotional weight and responsibility is heavier. you can see that even in the last 6 episodes, he still shows his “fusheng” personality to Shanbao in private. so he’s like a cute little kitten who developed a hard shell because of whatever life threw at him. i think that was stellar acting.
since the progression of the relationship between the leads is unusual, its very difficult to say when they really…
i agree it’s very ambiguous… but then again maybe it’s partly because the culture in china the FL doesn’t really directly professes her love. but the people around her are the ones who mention that she treats him with special care. you know how there are 5 love languages, she probably leans more towards acts of service and not on words of affirmation. the fact that she asks jundai to check on his wounds, whether he’s eating properly, etc, shows that she actually cares about him, just maybe coz she’s busy running a business.
If you want kiss that much see other drama don't watch this
it’s not a romance drama. there’s more to life than just romance. and usually there will not be any kissing scenes in these sort of dramas. just wait for it to air.
Friends this is houminghao s dream to play basketball with kiwies and watching horror movies with us if someone…
with 100 fans chasing him 😂 he really likes teasing us… (imagining him playing and winning and laughing like when he played with yang chaoyue). what if he finds out the 100 fans that show up are all male fans 😂 (laughing so much; honestly would be amazing tho)
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the acting in the last 6 episodes were great because they were all veteran actors. the over the top acting was only because LJL got drugged; makes the emotions more intense, giving it more like a truth serum effect.
each brand has launched several collectible business sets.
We've also seen different voices and discussions surrounding the product content, price, and sets.
Here, we'd like to help you focus on the key points:
1️⃣ Hou Minghao is currently in a very clear period of career advancement and business boom. This is recognition from the industry for his years of hard work, and it's a window of opportunity that an actor, singer, and artist must seize at this crucial stage.
2️⃣ The intensive collaborations and different levels of business exposure mean that the market is evaluating him, recording him, and deciding whether to continue choosing him.
👉🏻 Regardless of whether you purchase, choose which set, or participate to what extent, it is ultimately a free choice made by fans based on their personal needs and capabilities.
👉🏻 Some people offer their full support, while others act within their means. Both approaches should be understood and respected.
Therefore, we hope everyone can make rational assessments and careful considerations,
maintaining warmth in discussions and rationality in choices.
Let discussions return to facts and information,
let expressions be measured and respectful,
and let liking remain dignified, gentle, and powerful.
This is not only respect for our partners
but also protection for those we love.
May Kiwifruit always be Xiao Hou's best support, and
let's walk side by side.
Let's encourage each other!
I think liking HMH comes with benefits, where we become more mature and wiser.
https://m.weibo.cn/status/5257612203397779
I don't think Lu Jianglai's character collapsed after the Yu Ming Cha arc! The Guogong Fu arc is practically as epic as Consort Xi returning to the palace! It masterfully reveals the protagonist's core personality. To put it bluntly: Lu Jianglai actually craves the stability of a family life. All his scheming, fighting, and 'green tea' behavior stem from this very reason.
After losing his mentor, Lu Jianglai was left with emotional trauma. Having lost his mother and adoptive father from a young age, he cherishes his older brother and nephew dearly. His outburst with Rong Shanbao was born from the panic of fearing his beloved would leave him after discovering his own brother was trying to harm him (the poisoning also amplified this psychological wound).
Lu Jianglai's pride is built on a sense of achievement, but it's unfortunately founded on the unstable bedrock of "no one loves me." This makes it inherently precarious and easily destroyed by things he craves but can't have, like family ties. With that bond severed, he resolutely turns to Rong Shanbao, returning to be a local official, because love and career bring him the inner stability he desires.
Internally, he is starved for love and self-pitying, yet externally, he is poised and in control. This isn't a sudden shift in his character; it's the medal of honor for a wounded child who has finally found a way to heal himself. Fortunately, Lu Jianglai grew into a strong man. He experienced true kindness from his adoptive father and pure support from his mentor, which is why he didn't become as narrow and selfish as the Guogong.
Some say the Guogong Fu arc had the protagonist suddenly dumbed down just to empower the female lead, but I disagree. What he received from Rong Shanbao was the kind of special, exceptional affection he had never gotten before. And this affection was given even after he repeatedly tested her with schemes, tantrums, and being fickle. His attempts to provoke her with fights, desperate pleas, and playing the victim were completely accepted by her. In this process, he gained a profound sense of security, which in turn bolstered his pride.
The choice to become a champion of justice is Lu Jianglai's free will, and so is his choice of Rong Shanbao. This is precisely what I want to defend: from beginning to end, this drama is about the exercise of individual free will under external pressure—and this applies to every single character!
Rong Shanbao's choice to shoulder her family's responsibilities was not made reluctantly; she was always an ambitious person. When she told Rong Si about her hardships growing up, she was only acknowledging that past, not devaluing her family.
Rong Er's choice of her husband was also her own. Rong Wu's choice to become the "black lotus" and return to her clan was hers as well.
Even the supporting characters made their own choices: Jun Dai chose to follow a new master for his livelihood, and the butler, oh sorry, Manager Cheng, chose to bury his own feelings.
Lu Jianglai chose what he subjectively desired and yearned for, not what he objectively deemed the more sensible or worthwhile option.
Lu Jianglai, with all his scheming and insecurities, his feelings for Rong Shanbao were never about the fear of losing her, but the desire to have a stable familial tie with her. I find it incredibly brave for someone who fights so hard to finally achieve their heart's desire.
i agree it deserves more love. it’s not a typical popcorn series but it’s a food for the soul that makes you ponder about the human condition and our moral choices. I’m rewatching multiple times already